How to eat fresh Dendrobium candidum

How to eat fresh Dendrobium officinale correctly? We must first understand what Dendrobium officinale is. Dendrobium officinale is also called black knot grass or Yunnan iron skin. Dendrobium officinale is actually a traditional Chinese medicine. The medicinal properties of Dendrobium officinale are that it can play a nourishing effect. Dendrobium officinale is also beneficial to protect our stomach, can play a role in spermatogenesis and quench thirst, and can also be used to clear away heat and detoxify.

Dendrobium officinale is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine with very wide effects. We can use Dendrobium officinale in many places. The pharmacological effect of Dendrobium officinale is that it can promote the production of body fluids and quench thirst, and it can also lower our blood sugar and increase our body's immunity, so Dendrobium officinale is very popular among us.

Medicinal value

Nature, flavor and effects: sweet, slightly cold.

It produces fluid and nourishes the stomach; nourishes yin and clears away heat; moistens the lungs and benefits the kidneys; improves eyesight and strengthens the waist.

Pharmacological Action

Body-stimulating effect: Dendrobium officinale has a body-stimulating effect, which mainly promotes glandular secretion and organ movement.

Hypoglycemic effect: Dendrobium candidum can reduce the blood sugar level of diabetes induced by streptozotocin.

Enhance the body's immunity: Dendrobium officinale granules (TPSH) can promote the phagocytic function of macrophages in tumor-bearing animals, enhance the proliferation and differentiation of T lymphocytes and the activity of NK cells, and can significantly increase the serum hemolysin value of tumor-bearing animals, indicating that TPSH has a certain effect on improving nonspecific immune function, specific cellular immunity and humoral immune function.

Method 1: Eat fresh - Take some fresh Dendrobium candidum, wash and chew it carefully. It tastes sweet and slightly sticky, fresh and refreshing. You can swallow the remaining residue. (Effects: Strengthens yin and essence, stimulates appetite and strengthens the spleen.)

Method 2: Decoction - wash, chop or smash, add water, put into the pot and simmer for 30 minutes on low heat, then add 1-2 grams of American ginseng and simmer for another 30 minutes. You can repeat the decoction and eat with the residue. Zhang Xichun, a famous doctor in modern times, said: "Dendrobium candidum is the most durable when boiled, and should be split and boiled first to get the true taste" (Effects: nourishing deficiency, nourishing yin, clearing heat.)

Method 3: Making tea - wash and cut into thin slices, brew with boiling water and drink. It can be brewed repeatedly and eaten with the residue. (Effects: Appetite-stimulating and spleen-strengthening, reducing internal heat and regulating Qi, effective for chronic pharyngitis.)

Method 4: Boil a paste - wash, chop or smash, add other Chinese medicinal materials and water to boil the juice, boil twice, discard the residue and concentrate it over low heat, then add rock sugar and continue to boil it into a paste for drinking. (Efficacy: It has significant therapeutic effects on symptoms such as fatigue due to strain, joint pain, fatigue, and night sweats.)

Method 5: Soak in wine - wash, chop and smash, soak in wine with an alcohol content of more than 40% alone or with other ingredients, and it can be eaten after 3 months. (Effects: nourishes the kidney and yin, produces essence and dispels wind.)

Method 6: For eating - wash, chop or smash and simmer together with chicken, duck and other ingredients for 2-3 hours, and eat with the residue. Or you can boil it over low heat and take out the juice for later use, then add it to other ingredients to cook porridge, stew, etc. (Effects: nourishing yin and promoting body fluid, resisting deficiency heat, slight sweating, tendon and bone pain and other common symptoms of physical weakness.)

The above article introduces what Dendrobium officinale is. We know that Dendrobium officinale is a traditional Chinese medicine. The pharmacological effects of Dendrobium officinale are very extensive. Dendrobium officinale can play a therapeutic and auxiliary therapeutic role in many aspects. How to eat fresh Dendrobium officinale? The above article also gives a clear answer.